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Archives for November 2014

People across London are calling on their council to ensure that promises to deliver safe space for cycling are kept.
London Cycling Campaign (LCC) has launched a petition asking council leaders to show support for space for cycling, and to ens...

We were pleased to host the CTC-Cyclenation conference on 22 November at Lambeth Town Hall - thanks to everyone who came along, and to our speakers and workshop presenters. Cyclenation have published a write up of the event, including links to pre...

The issue of the planned Cycle Superhighways came up at yesterday’s Mayor’s Question Time following a question by Caroline Pidgeon, Chair of the London Assembly's Transport Committee – including the issue of whether Canary Wharf ...

This is a guest blog post by Rachel Aldred, Senior Lecturer in Transport at the University of Westminster, LCC Board member and Chair of the Elected Policy Forum. Here she writes about the Near Miss Project, which she set up to research,...

Transport for London has just launched another consultation on proposed changes to Elephant and Castle - but unfortunately, not much has changed since we urged supporters to tell them that the plans for cycling aren't good enough.
The latest co...

Joshua Worth investigates the role of bicycles during war around the world.
Are you fond of cycling? If so, why not cycle for the King? Recruits wanted – bad teeth no bar!
This was the text that recruited young men for the 48th Divis...

As a membership organisation, the LCC is governed by an elected board of trustees, whose role it is to oversee and guide the operations, policy & finance of the charity through regular committee meetings with staff and the Chief Executive. Our...

Earlier this year almost half of all Councillors elected in the London-wide council elections supported our Space for Cycling campaign. But since then some have disappeared into the woodwork, or are even backtracking on their promises.
In October...

A decision is due to be made tonight by Lambeth Council’s planning committee on whether to give planning permission for the planned £150m Garden Bridge, which would span the river between Temple and the South Bank.
Currently, the pr...

Transport for London's consultations on the North-South and East-West cycle superhighway plans closed yesterday (Sunday 9th November) with one of the 'highest responses ever'. Over 14,000 people responded to the consultations, with 80% of respon...

It’s only Tuesday, but it’s already been a cycling-heavy week in the media - BBC Breakfast is running a week of ‘special reports on cycling’ from 3-7 November. Yesterday, Chris Boardman told the nation that he doesn’t...